DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations
12 May HR

DWP's new Blackpool office opens amid reports SR25 funding will depend on job relocations

3,000 officials will move to Talbot Gateway site as Cabinet Office ups pressure to move jobs "closer to frontline services"
by Beckie Smith
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
12 May Justice & Home Affairs
Call for 'bold investment decisions' to address prison crisis
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 12 May
12 May HR
Latest civil service & public affairs moves – 12 May
Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
09 May HR
Sir Ian Diamond steps down as UK’s national statistician
'High risk' science agency to open in 2022, says BEIS
19 Feb 2021 Science & Engineering
'High risk' science agency to open in 2022, says BEIS
Dominic Cummings's brainchild, UK ARPA, will be known as Aria
Government Legal Department names successor to Jonathan Jones
18 Feb 2021 HR
Government Legal Department names successor to Jonathan Jones
Susanna McGibbon appointed as new GLD perm sec, Treasury solicitor and HM procurator general
Chief Brexit negotiator David Frost handed cabinet post
18 Feb 2021 Brexit
Chief Brexit negotiator David Frost handed cabinet post
Conservative peer will become Cabinet Office minister tasked with overseeing future EU relations
Northern Ireland Civil Service to get remote-working hubs
18 Feb 2021 Civil Service Reform
Northern Ireland Civil Service to get remote-working hubs
Some departments will embrace "blended" flexible working model, finance minister says
Hunt criticises ministers for making 'no progress' on social-care reform
18 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Hunt criticises ministers for making 'no progress' on social-care reform
Select committee chair is “very disappointed” DHSC has not found an extra £7bn for social care as recommended by MPs
HSE names head of new Building Safety Regulator
17 Feb 2021 HR
HSE names head of new Building Safety Regulator
Former director of building safety and construction Peter Baker will lead post-Grenfell watchdog
Treasury is ‘institutionally biased’ against the young, children’s commissioner says
17 Feb 2021 Education
Treasury is ‘institutionally biased’ against the young, children’s commissioner says
Anne Longfield says processes for spending decisions “consistently discriminate” against children and parents
Former business minister reprimanded by appointments watchdog
17 Feb 2021 HR
Former business minister reprimanded by appointments watchdog
Richard Harrington broke Ministerial Code by failing to get Acoba advice on a consultancy job
Call to end emergency Covid procurement rules after Cummings revelations
17 Feb 2021 Commercial
Call to end emergency Covid procurement rules after Cummings revelations
Labour demands answers after former No.10 adviser admits he "expected" appointment of friends’ firm
Border Force union voices fears over risk of Covid spread from ‘red list’ arrivals
17 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Border Force union voices fears over risk of Covid spread from ‘red list’ arrivals
Staff say tougher measures are required to stop passengers arriving from hotspot nations mixing with lower-risk travellers
Dominic Cummings ‘expected’ friends’ firm to get Cabinet Office contract
16 Feb 2021 Commercial
Dominic Cummings ‘expected’ friends’ firm to get Cabinet Office contract
High Court hears latest challenge to government’s emergency procurement moves
Johnson plans ‘cautious but irreversible’ lockdown lifting
16 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Johnson plans ‘cautious but irreversible’ lockdown lifting
Prime minister says that rapid testing may be needed to reopen some venues
Treasury U-turns on £95k cap for civil service exit payments
16 Feb 2021 Finance
Treasury U-turns on £95k cap for civil service exit payments
Former staff will be entitled to settlement uplifts following “humiliating climbdown”
Hancock: civil servants 'don't get enough praise' for Covid jabs success
15 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Hancock: civil servants 'don't get enough praise' for Covid jabs success
Health secretary praises officials for their role in vaccines rollout
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — February 15
15 Feb 2021
Latest civil service & public affairs moves — February 15
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Hotel quarantine starts today – here’s how it will work
15 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Hotel quarantine starts today – here’s how it will work
Government officials are among those who could be exempt from the rules
Most departments are failing to hit apprenticeship targets, Labour Party claims
15 Feb 2021 Economy
Most departments are failing to hit apprenticeship targets, Labour Party claims
Parliamentary data shows new trainee numbers across the whole economy were down more than a quarter year-on-year between August and October
Cummings’s UK ARPA vision is ‘brand in search of a product’, MPs warn
12 Feb 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
Cummings’s UK ARPA vision is ‘brand in search of a product’, MPs warn
Report lauds £800m funding commitment for blue-sky research agency but says it can only have one or two central missions
Government discusses vaccine and testing passports plan
12 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Government discusses vaccine and testing passports plan
Number of departments would be involved in potential scheme
NAO finds government struggled with data needed to build shielding list
12 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
NAO finds government struggled with data needed to build shielding list
Report finds 126,000 people were told to shield unnecessarily, as well as 30,000 who had already died
Union calls strike ballot over Covid safety fears at DVLA
12 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Union calls strike ballot over Covid safety fears at DVLA
PCS threatens “spring walkouts” unless remote working scaled up
Health secretary reveals package of NHS reforms
11 Feb 2021 Coronavirus
Health secretary reveals package of NHS reforms
White paper proposals will cut bureaucracy and drive integration between health and social care, says Hancock, but could also boost DHSC powers
MHCLG pledges extra £3.5bn to remove dangerous cladding from flats
11 Feb 2021 Local & Devolved
MHCLG pledges extra £3.5bn to remove dangerous cladding from flats
Housing secretary says new developer levies will fund some work on post-Grenfell safety improvements
Cabinet Office insists FOI ‘clearing house’ does not dictate to ministries
11 Feb 2021 Digital, Data & Technology
Cabinet Office insists FOI ‘clearing house’ does not dictate to ministries
Department denies information requests from journalists are handled differently to others but admits to preparing for “possible media interest”